Change a text box or other control to another type of control in a form or report

1. Open a form in Design view or a report in Design view.
   
   
2. Click the control that you want to change.
   
   
3. On the Format menu, point to Change To.

   Microsoft Access displays a list of controls that the selected control can be changed to. If a type of control appears dimmed on the menu, you can't change the selected control to that type of control.

4. Click the type of control that you want to change to.

   When you change a control to another type of control, Access copies the appropriate property settings from the original control to the new control. If a property exists for the original control but not for the new control, Access doesn't copy that setting. If a property exists for the new control but not for the original control, Access sets the property to the default control style for that type of control.